Sentence examples for unsportsmanlike from inspiring English sources

Mr Mayweather's evasion of a post-fight interview with Larry Merchant, an 80-year-old commentator for HBO, was even more unsportsmanlike and far less artful than his conduct in the ring.

But the billionaire boss of Oracle, a software company (although not the one behind Hawkeye), wanted the very best for players and spectators, regardless of the investments required.Besides making the outcome of a match less subject to chance, Hawkeye has helped tennis officials to stamp out the unsportsmanlike conduct that used to be so prevalent.

Instead it has laid the blame at Mr Rose's boots, calling his behaviour "inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar".The calls from England, including from David Cameron, Britain's prime minister, are to make an example of Serbia.

Mr Belichick waited to take advantage of Mr Edelman's versatility until he needed it.Following his defeat, Mr Harbaugh whinged to the media that it was New England who was guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct, calling Mr Belichick's tactics a "trick type of a thing" and "clearly deception".

As an adolescent wrestler, his favoured tactic was the "Otto", a legal though unsportsmanlike move that yanked an opponent's arms between his legs, crushing his testicles.

Another is that he wanted a prominent sacrificial lamb to offer up to fans, and the Yankees' aging star represented the juiciest target: his past lies about PED use, unsportsmanlike conduct on the field and attention-grabbing antics off it have made him perhaps the game's least popular player.But Mr Rodríguez himself suspects something more nefarious.

As speaker, he said, he could simply ignore any member who wanted to bring a motion to unseat him.It was unprecedented and unsportsmanlike, but effective.

The practice was felt to be unsportsmanlike by the Australians, who protested vigorously.

However, rumours of excessive drinking and a penchant for unsportsmanlike comments after losing key matches had tarnished his image by the end of his career.

In a statement yesterday, it tried to shift the responsibility on to Rose, whose behaviour it described as "inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar".

The undignified verbal spat with Russia and the official protest made against Sorokin are considered unsportsmanlike and could end up backfiring.